Button



' D. M. J. WALL.

(No Model.)-

. BUTTON.

Patented. Mar. 28,1882

Inventor r I Witnesses:

N. PETERS. Pmwumo w. Wnhingbn. D. Q

so-called covered button.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID M. J WALL, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,551, dated March28, 1882.

Application filed July 8, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID M. J. WALL, of Buffalo,in the county of Erieand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Buttons; and I do hereby declare that the following description of mysaid invention, taken in connection with the accompanying sheet ofdrawings, forms a full, clear, and exact specification, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention has general reference to metallic buttons for garments;and it consistsin the novel and peculiar combination of parts anddetails of construction,as hereinafter first fully set forth anddescribed,and then pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings already referred to, which serve toillustrate my saidinvention more fully, Figure 1 is an elevation in section of my improvedbutton. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a Fig. 3 is an elevation of thefastening.

Like parts are designated by corresponding letters of reference in allthe figures.

A represents a button constructed of any suitable materiahmetal beingpreferred. This button has centrally a depression, A, and an aperture,A", provided with a cross-bar, a, which may be a separate piece orformed integral with the button A. Through the aperturesin said buttonis passed a staple, B, consisting of a disk having two prongs, b b, soas to form aslotted opening, I), as clearlyillustrated in Fig. 3, saidprongs b b passing the cross-bar a.

E is a portion of a garment provided with my button and fastening.

To fasten this button to a garment, E,I first punch a hole into thecloth just large enough to pass the pron gs of the staple B, and insertthe latterinto the opening thus formed. 1 now place the button upon thebifurcated fastening B in such manner that the cross-bar a will passinto the. slotted opening I) and push the button down upon the fork.This operation will cause the tines or prongs b b to open, and after thecross-bar a has passed into the opening I)" to close again, thusclinching onto said cross-bar and securely holding the button inposition.

It is evident that this fastening is capable of being used on both anuncovered and a covered button, and I have shown its application to thelatter in Fig. 2, where D is the cover for the button, and D adepression in the cover.

I am aware of the patents granted to Bates December 11, 1877, andSeptember 3, 1878, in which a bifurcated staple orfastening is shown inconjunction with a button having a flange wherewith said fasteningengages, and I do therefore not claim such as tnyinvention; but,

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure to me by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates-- In metallic buttonsand fastenings, the combination, with the button A, having the depression A and a cross-bar, a, of a fastening consisting of a disk,B,having centrally a slotted stud, b I), provided with a transverseaperture, b, said fastening being adapted for passage through the clothor garment E,as described, and to hook onto the cross-bar a, substantially in the manner as and for the object stated.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have heretoset my handin thev presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID J. WALL.

Attest:

MICHAEL J. STARK, J OHN G. DUERR.

